noun
impairment of the sense of sight
• Syn: ↑visual impairment, ↑visual defect, ↑visual disorder
• Hypernyms: ↑disability, ↑disablement, ↑handicap, ↑impairment
• Hyponyms:
↑amaurosis, ↑amblyopia, ↑ametropia, ↑aniseikonia, ↑anorthopia, ↑aphakia, ↑blindness, ↑sightlessness, ↑cecity, ↑color blindness, ↑colour blindness, ↑color vision deficiency, ↑colour vision deficiency, ↑diplopia, ↑double vision, ↑hemeralopia, ↑day blindness, ↑hemianopia, ↑hemianopsia, ↑quadrantanopia, ↑metamorphopsia, ↑nyctalopia, ↑night blindness, ↑moon blindness, ↑photoretinitis, ↑retinal detachment, ↑detachment of the retina, ↑detached retina, ↑scotoma, ↑tunnel vision, ↑xanthopsia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.